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South Africa vs Bangladesh Highlights, Women's World Cup 2025: South Africa beat Bangladesh by three wickets
Laura Wolvaardt: I probably would have bowled anyway. I don't mind that too much. I am thinking there will be a lot of dew later. So, it might be harder to grip the ball later and maybe come on to the bat a bit nicer. It was an amazing game of cricket. I think the group was really on a big high after that game. We spent the last couple of days coming back down to earth though. I think we still have a long way to go in this tournament. The game was incredible but I think like we have been saying, it is one game at a time and we can't take any game lightly or expect that to happen again. So, full refocus, full switch on today and hopefully we can put in another good performance. Not exactly (the same XI), we have two changes.
Nigar Sultana: We want to bat first because we have seen in the last few games, it was a kind of a wicket where your batters can give some runs. You want to bat first. This sort of wicket, if you can put some score on the board, it will actually help the bowlers and our bowlers have been playing well in this tournament. It was a small, short turnaround but we talked about it a lot. I think we are looking forward to coming strongly as a batting unit. We have two changes.
Teams:
South Africa Women (Playing XI): Laura Wolvaardt(c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Sinalo Jafta(w), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Masabata Klaas, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba
Bangladesh Women (Playing XI): Rubya Haider, Fargana Hoque, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana(w/c), Sobhana Mostary, Fahima Khatun, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Ritu Moni, Marufa Akter
Pitch and Conditions: "It is a little bit cooler today. There was some rain around. 28 degrees and not too hot. 59 and 54 meters square, 67 down the ground. It is a new pitch. I see three spots that you think were used before. It has been spin to win in this World Cup. Less than 75kph has been the speed to target. Wicket to wicket and your line is important. Bowl slow and bowl straight. They (Bangladesh) need to get enough runs for their spinners to come into the game," reckon Alan Wilkins and Carlos Brathwaite.
Chloe Tryon to Sharmin Akhter, Closer to the off pole, on a length, Sharmin Akhter hangs back and cuts it between short third and backward point for a single. FIFTY FOR SHARMIN AKHTER! Her 9th ODI half-century and second against South Africa Women. So far, so good from her. Her presence at the crease till the end will be very important for Bangladesh.
Chloe Tryon to Sharmin Akhter, Pushed full and on off. Sharmin Akhter leans and defends.
- Shorna Akter 5 (4)
- Sharmin Akhter 49 (72)
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Shorna Akter, Drags the length back, on off. Shorna Akter backs away and punches it to cover.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Sharmin Akhter, Full in length, outside off. Sharmin Akhter crunches it to deep cover for a single.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Shorna Akter, Full, sliding down leg, swept towards short fine leg for a single.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Shorna Akter, FOUR! Swept away! Full and on the leg stump. Shorna Akter sweeps it powerfully through deep backward square leg for a boundary.
Shorna Akter is the new batter.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Shorna Akter, Shortish delivery, outside off, Akter cuts off the back foot to point.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Nigar Sultana Joty, OUT! CAUGHT! Against the run of play, Nonkululeko Mlaba provides a very crucial breakthrough for her side, breaking the 77-run partnership. This is flat and full, outside off. Nigar Sultana Joty gives herself some room back moving leg side, and tries to smash it through covers, but fails to keep it along the ground, and hits it flat towards Laura Wolvaardt who takes a fine catch at short cover. That was travelling at the rate of knots. The skipper Nigar Sultana Joty departs for 32 (42) and Bangladesh Women are 150/3.
An excellent fightback from Bangladesh Women. They have scored 50 runs in this 31-40 over phase. 8 wickets still in hand, can they get past 200? If any one of Nigar Sultana Joty and Sharmin Akhter bats till the end, that figure is well breachable. For South Africa, picking up wickets is of utmost importance now.
- Sharmin Akhter 48 (71)
- Nigar Sultana Joty 32 (41)
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, FOUR! The over ends just the way it started for Bangladesh! Loopy slower ball from Tumi but it is a bit too full, outside off. Akhter waits for the ball to arrive and cracks the drive to the right of deep point for a boundary.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Nigar Sultana Joty, Into the surface, on middle, this stays low but Nigar adjusts to nudge it away on the leg side for a run.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, Takes pace off and goes full, on leg, Akhter clips it through backward square leg for a run.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, Wide! Full and down leg, Akhter misses out on the tickle. Good take by Sinalo Jafta to her left.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Nigar Sultana Joty, On a length, on off, smeared away to deep mid-wicket for a run.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Nigar Sultana Joty, Short and on off, punched to cover.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Nigar Sultana Joty, FOUR! Smart batting! Tumi serves it full, outside off, Joty walks across her stumps and gets low to use the pace of the ball. Paddles it fine towards deep fine leg for a boundary.
- Nigar Sultana Joty 26 (37)
- Sharmin Akhter 43 (69)
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Nigar Sultana Joty, RUN OUT CHANCE MISSED! This is short and outside off, Joty cuts it wide of point and sets off for the single before stuttering halfway through the run. Anneke Bosch picks it up but fires in a wayward throw at the bowling end, which allows Joty to get home. A decent throw beside the stumps would have found Nigar well short.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Nigar Sultana Joty, Tossed up, on middle, Nigar steps out and smothers the spin.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Sharmin Akhter, Two wides! Sprayed down leg, on a nagging length, Sharmin misses out on the paddle and the keeper, Sinalo Jafta fails to gather it cleanly to her left. The ball rolls behind off her gloves, allowing the batters to cross over.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Nigar Sultana Joty, Full and angled into the pads, turned away on the leg side for a run.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Nigar Sultana Joty, Wow, that has turned a long way! Drifting into the right-hander from around the wicket, short and it lands in the line of the middle stump. Nigar Sultana Joty stays on the back foot to defend but gets beaten all ends up as the ball rips past her blade.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Nigar Sultana Joty, A bit quicker, full and at the stumps, Joty steps out and squeezes it out to cover.
Momentum-building partnership for Bangladesh Women, this. They have scored 19 runs in the last 3 overs and the boundaries have just started to come for them. A lot to think about for Laura Wolvaardt as they are craving for a breakthrough.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Sharmin Akhter, Looped up, full and on off, Sharmin drives it past the diving cover fielder to her left for a single.
- Sharmin Akhter 42 (68)
- Nigar Sultana Joty 24 (32)
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, Full and at the stumps, Akhter gets low and eases it in front of mid on for a quick single.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Nigar Sultana Joty, Pace taken off by Tumi, on a back of a length, outside off. Joty waits for the ball to arrive and slaps it to deep cover for one.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, On middle and leg, on a good length, Akhter tucks it past mid-wicket for one.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, FOUR! Easy pickings! Tumi errs in her line and sprays a full ball on the pads. Akhter is quick to get inside the line and helps it down to deep fine leg for a boundary.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, At 95.3 kph, on a short of a length, Akhter chops it down in front of backward point.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, Around the off pole, on a good length, Sharmin pats it to cover.
- Nigar Sultana Joty 23 (31)
- Sharmin Akhter 36 (63)
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Nigar Sultana Joty, At the stumps, on a nagging length, Nigar backs away and taps it down on the off side.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Nigar Sultana Joty, Short and on middle, Joty stays back to deal with it but gets an inside edge onto the pads.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Sharmin Akhter, Fired in at the pads, on a length, Sharmin shovels it to deep backward square leg for a run.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Sharmin Akhter, FOUR! Finds the gap this time! Dropped short by Mlaba, outside off, Akhter waits on the back foot and cuts it late to beat backward point to her left for a boundary. Brings up the 50-run stand between these two batters!
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Sharmin Akhter, Short and on off, cut away to backward point.
Nonkululeko Mlaba to Sharmin Akhter, Damage averted! Full and on off, Akhter lunges and guides it to backward point. Nigar wants a single and is off but her partner says no and sends her back in time before the throw gets to the bowling end.
- Sharmin Akhter 31 (59)
- Nigar Sultana Joty 23 (29)
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, Leg bye! Angled into the right-hander, on the fuller side. Akhter goes back to a full ball and gets inside the line to help it away. She misses out and the ball rolls away off the pads for a leg bye.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, Sprayed on the pads, pace off by Tumi, on a good length. Sharmin is beaten on the inside edge and wears it on the front pad.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, Loopy slower ball, full and on middle, Sharmin eases it to mid on.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Sharmin Akhter, Wide! Down leg again, Sharmin attempts the paddle but misses.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Nigar Sultana Joty, On the pads, on a length, helped away to deep fine leg for one.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Nigar Sultana Joty, FOUR! Put away with disdain! Tumi goes into the surface but this sits up to be hit at waist height. Joty is allowed to free her arms and she stands tall to slam it between mid-wicket and mid on for a boundary.
Tumi Sekhukhune to Nigar Sultana Joty, Hurls it on a length, on off, Nigar drives it on the up to cover.
- Sharmin Akhter 31 (56)
- Nigar Sultana Joty 18 (26)
Chloe Tryon to Sharmin Akhter, At 74 kph, coming in with the arm, on middle and leg, Akhter flicks it to short mid-wicket.
Chloe Tryon to Sharmin Akhter, Short and on off, this is cut straight to backward point.
Chloe Tryon to Nigar Sultana Joty, Drifting down leg, full in length, Nigar gets inside the line and sweeps. Nonkululeko Mlaba dives to her left at short fine leg and gets a hand to it. Keeps the batters down to a single.
Chloe Tryon to Nigar Sultana Joty, Slower but keeps it short, on off, Joty checks her shot and taps it to mid off.
Chloe Tryon to Nigar Sultana Joty, Darted in on the shorter side, on off, punched to cover.
Chloe Tryon to Nigar Sultana Joty, Tossed up, full and on middle, Nigar Sultana Joty gets low and brings out the reverse but can't beat short third.
Laura Wolvaardt: “I probably would have bowled anyway. I don't mind that too much. I am thinking there will be a lot of dew later. So, it might be harder to grip the ball later and maybe come on to the bat a bit nicer. It was an amazing game of cricket. I think the group was really on a big high after that game. We spent the last couple of days coming back down to earth though. I think we still have a long way to go in this tournament. The game was incredible but I think like we have been saying, it is one game at a time and we can't take any game lightly or expect that to happen again. So, full refocus, full switch on today and hopefully we can put in another good performance. Not exactly (the same XI), we have two changes.”
Nigar Sultana: “We want to bat first because we have seen in the last few games, it was a kind of a wicket where your batters can give some runs. You want to bat first. This sort of wicket, if you can put some score on the board, it will actually help the bowlers and our bowlers have been playing well in this tournament. It was a small, short turnaround but we talked about it a lot. I think we are looking forward to coming strongly as a batting unit. We have two changes.”
Teams:
South Africa Women (Playing XI): Laura Wolvaardt (c), Tazmin Brits, Anneke Bosch, Annerie Dercksen, Marizanne Kapp, Sinalo Jafta (w), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Masabata Klaas, Tumi Sekhukhune, Nonkululeko Mlaba
Bangladesh Women (Playing XI): Rubya Haider, Fargana Hoque, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana (w/c), Sobhana Mostary, Fahima Khatun, Shorna Akter, Nahida Akter, Rabeya Khan, Ritu Moni, Marufa Akter
Pitch and Conditions:
“It is a little bit cooler today. There was some rain around. 28 degrees and not too hot. 59 and 54 meters square, 67 down the ground. It is a new pitch. I see three spots that you think were used before. It has been spin to win in this World Cup. Less than 75kph has been the speed to target. Wicket to wicket and your line is important. Bowl slow and bowl straight. They (Bangladesh) need to get enough runs for their spinners to come into the game,” reckon Alan Wilkins and Carlos Brathwaite.
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Venue
Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam
